cigare
French → English
(tobacco) Cigar: a roll of dried tobacco leaves prepared for smoking
Hurtaud alluma un cigare à la flamme d’une bougie et se rassit lourdement.
(English) Hurtaud lit a cigar with a candle flame and sat back down heavily.
La bague rouge de son cigare de luxe indiquait sans discrétion son prix élevé.
(English) The red band on his luxury cigar indiscreetly indicated its high price.
(slang/social) Scolding or reprimand: a harsh verbal criticism or "chewing out"
Son patron lui a passé un espèce de cigare car il est arrivé en retard.
(English) His boss gave him a kind of scolding (cigar) because he arrived late.
Il m'a passé un cigare mémorable après que j'ai cassé la vitre du bureau.
(English) He gave me a memorable reprimand after I broke the office window.
Entry ID: fr:en:cigare · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary